white gold or blue black dress The and (No, and Black!) That Melted the Internet EXPLAINED! The black and blue

Like with the dress, when this and similar illusions first came out, it was believed each person's perception was fixed so they could only see it one way or the other

My research showed that if you assumed the dress was in a shadow, you were much more likely to see it as white and gold

The script has flipped on what colors most people see Information and exposure also play a role in what you see and explain why over time, more people have come to see the dress one way over the other

Indeed, most of science is currently mired in a replication crisis, with only about 1 in 4 reported findings standing the test of time in social psychology